Bread-slicer.



P. H. HAMBLIN.

BREAD SLIGBR.

APPLIGATIN FILED JAN. 2s, 1912.

1,072,450. Patented sept.9,1913.

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,fguides capableof permittlng' =ready detaehszl ment-thereof. "Y

I. Reference is to be had to the accompany -ing-drawings,fin which.- -pff 5 s a! perspective view "of abread- Y is a side view,

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H.- nAJunLIN; or Wonojnsrna, ,nassecnusnrrs :Be it z-lmown that 1I, FRANK Worcester, in :the .count-Yy -of Worcester and State -of Massachusetts,

lowing :is a specification-' 'This 'invention relates 'to-a device lfor Aholding-a. loef -of bread and guiding a 'knife- 10- 'with v eryglittlevdiiculty. f,

The principal objects of the invention' are, .to-provide'a construct-ionV 1 .inwhich the "bread .will :be-yieldingl aheld-A ides while-it 1s onfthe,VA r'ead; board; 'in' w ich the knife guides canllbe j swung down' .to =horizontal position, leaving: l the bread exposed -after bei A which xthe construction -sh'alli-f inexpensive,. andithe parts replacesr able', and to-.provides simple-an -.ine1pe'x1-:`

so thatfit -can .be cut up into uniformslices sive pivoting and holding "a device fior.: the

ventionwill 'appear hereinafter.'

Figurel board and knife guide constructed 1n accordance with this invention showing-a` loaf of bread held thereby'and being'sliced; Fig.

-2 is a similar perspective .view showingfthe read out Hat to expose the knife guides s loaf of bread; ig. 3 is anend view; Fig..4 and Figs. 5 and 6 are end views of modificatio f The inventionis shown in a simple form in whicha bread board 10 is provided having an upper surface of substantially the. length and width of an ordinaryloaf of bread for receiving such a loaf. 4It is prof vided with downwardly extending vertical side Walls- 11 which are continuous in the preferred form but in the form shown in Fig. 5, at the bottom of these side Walls are a pair lof outwardly projecting horizontal flanges 12.

' On the ends of the bread board in Fig. 5 are removably attached, as by screws 13, a pair of metal plates 14. These plates extend justbeyond the vertical side edges of the bread'board and above the flanges 12. In this angle they are provided with perforations 15. In these perforations are pivotally mounted a pair of studs 16 on each of a BeB-wennen s egiggagn armer; meer.. l

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aveinvented afnew' and useful 'BreadSli cer, of which the folf of 'this character icut- ;r and r in Baten-eds ente, 191.3.-

v'19 on idin -the -'knife' accurately'into the `S 1ts.f' he s ts .areatftwe different distances apa-tfso '.thatslices of two diiferent -thi esses fcenfbehcuhf `The -slitsextend .nearly tos the lbotto'medge of the "guide, and in ordento strengthen the latter at the ends of the-slitstoprevent splittingand `-warpi lailongitudi'nalgstrip ofl wood 195- is mortise inI with itsflngitudinall grain @transverse to 4)the'grainafoflthefide'. i'fPreferably' it eitends to the top o the board lOandi tothe f low'en-ends '.ofothe Islits so 1 as f to receive vthe y. .edge of they cuttingknifef and preventv slit- 1 l.l*`,1u'the'r objects and advantages ofthe in-v i i. board; 10.2;The1lmifef1 guides *are'f-plvoted in this case byiwires o r telips 714* secured'to the 1 end of the board tingfof--the guides (and the fnotching of the verse ends at 15" extending into holes in the guides. f f One of the knife guides is provided with a pair of grooves 20 on each opposite end for receiving a pair of springs V21. These springs are attached to this knife guide by pins 22 at the upper end of -each of the grooves 20. At the en'd of each spring is a :hook 23. On the other knife uide are eyes 24 for receiving the hooks w en the-parts -are in the position shown in`Fig.-1. In-Fig.

6 the springs are simply hung on eyes 25 and can be fas-i on the ends of the guides, .tened at the bottom by engaging pins 26.

The operation will be obvious.

A loaf of bread is placedon the bread board and the knife guides are brought up to vertical position in which they are stopped by the loaf or by the surfaces 11.

Then the hooks 23 are caught in the eyes 24 of "knife -guides These studs are eo i providing the ottom of and the knife guides, which now form.- the..

side walls of the bread holdin device, are resiliently Connected so that t ey bear on the sides of the loaf of bread andhold it position, From this construction it will be seen that variations in the size of the bread are provided for in such a 'way that the knife guides themselves hold the breadv in position, and that if the cutting operation has to be stoppedthe bread cannot 4ordinarily getout ofposition before itis commenced again. a'Any kind of a bread-knife can be used to cut the lbread into slices and .any inexperiencedoperator can use the de-A vice with justas much success as-an experi,- ence-d one. Moreover if thel-bread 1s new and soft, the sides vof the loafzareso held' much accuracy as the.-middle",- 'thust avoiding I Y i, `f-a prolifie source,;of.waste.'f fwlienathe;'opp-.2. Q eration is'completedthe .hooksfare*s deta'cliefdffA from the eyes and. theknife guidesallowedto fall into liorizontalfpposition,'inrwhichi they are held by the squareicorners '17'0115 by the guides that the -'bread is lnot crushed. butis held in shape sothat it is ycleanly cut andinall cases the end slices are'cut with asby the flanges 12 on which they-:rest LThis i .brings the parts to thev-position`fshown,ini

Fig. 2 and obviouslynthe:breadzcan be rev movedas easily as' from anyfordinai'ybreadboard. i 4* ,ff 'J f Y' object in making thefplateswl'tsovradily removable is to permit thesubstitution fof knife guides f having; different 'f spaces i-be-A tween the Islits. This permits fthe .use lof-l Therefore l do-not wish to be limited to all the details of construction hereinv shown-and:

described,l but i v What Ldo claim is:- 1 1'. As an article of manufacture, a bread-v hoard ,havin vertical sides, and'afpair ofy Y opposite kni e guides therefor,each `pii-'oted:

tothe bread board lat points "'be ond the vertical sidesl and below the `top t ereof in positiony to engage said vertical sides when their inwardmotion,islimtecL-.and vin posltlon to engage the bread-boardf when swung down to-horizontal position for the knife iguide,`. whereby said knife yrendered readily removable.-

`witnesses. the guides are 1n vertical position, ywhereby l 7 purpose of limiting their outer swinging motion. p

2.' As an article of manufacture, a breadboard having vertical sides and a pair of opposite knife guides therefor, each piv- .oted to the bread-board at'points beyond the vertical sides' and below the top thereof to swing oppositely outwardly and in position to engage said vertical sides when in vertical position, whereby their inward motion is limited, said guides each having a curved inner lower corner and a square outer lower corner, whereby when they are swung out the. square corners. will come' into contact with `.sa-idfvertical sides of the board-which will maintain them in horizontal position.

' 3.-In a device of the character described, 'the combination of a bread board,faV wire secured -Stol each end 1- thereof and projecting beyond both edges,.and a knifeguide pivoted'itofeach. end of` the wireand adapted 4tof-swirl*- .Lfromihorizontal-l tofvertical posiftion; aan having means thereon 1 :for limit- 4in' he'r.: downward motionl to the 'horizon- @Sint-.1s it fc4. .As anarticle'o manufacture, a breadboard ,rhavingf a'alr of knife guides pivot- -a-lly i; connected t erewith :at opposite sides fthereof,"iand detachable resilientifmeans at .theitopnof'said knife'guides for holding them in-` vertical position.

et 5. a'device" 'of the character ipdeseribed,

the combina-tion of a bread board, twoiknife guides f pivoted to' Aopposite `edges thereof, springs attached" to one of y'said'fguides at itsropposite upper ends 'and having hooks on their ends Aand eyes onthe other-knife guide for receiving said hooks, whereby the knife-guides are held yieldingly in vertical position.-1 v 1. 6.-; In 'a3 device Aof vthe character described, the combina-tion'of -a bread-board, a wire :secured to the end thereof and .projecting -beyondtheedgea said wire beino' resilient andcapable of moving at its ends m a plane parallel to the top surface -of the board, andra knife guide pivoted abi-tslower edge to the end of said wire by-a pivotal' connection Acapable of. being ldisconnected by springing the end of the wire away from the guide is In testimony whereofI'have hereunto set my hand, inthe presence of two subscribing A f "l FRANK H. HAMBLN. lVitnesses': f

. G. Fonnnsr WnssoN, v- CATHARINE IMELDA HARTNETT. 

